ARCHIVE_WRITE_HEADER(3) BSD Library Functions Manual ARCHIVE_WRITE_HEADER(3) NAME archive_write_header — functions for creating archives LIBRARY Streaming Archive Library (libarchive, -larchive) SYNOPSIS #include int archive_write_header(struct archive *, struct archive_entry *); DESCRIPTION Build and write a header using the data in the provided struct archive_entry structure. See archive_entry(3) for information on creat‐ ing and populating struct archive_entry objects. RETURN VALUES This function returns ARCHIVE_OK on success, or one of the following on error: ARCHIVE_RETRY for operations that might succeed if retried, ARCHIVE_WARN for unusual conditions that do not prevent further opera‐ tions, and ARCHIVE_FATAL for serious errors that make remaining opera‐ tions impossible. ERRORS Detailed error codes and textual descriptions are available from the archive_errno() and archive_error_string() functions. SEE ALSO tar(1), libarchive(3), archive_write_set_options(3), cpio(5), mtree(5), tar(5) BSD February 2, 2012 BSD